I thought it would be fun to post photos from both of my productions of Irma Vep side by side - I played Nicodemus and Lady Enid last year at Cortland Repertory Theatre last year and I played Jane and Lord Edgar this year at Lost Nation Theater. The styles and designs of the two shows were quite different - between that and playing opposite tracks, the whole process was an awesome challenge for me. Before we get to the pictures, I should post our reviews from the more recent LNT production! Jim Lowe of the Times Argus said we "played off each other with an intimacy & discipline with the depth of a theater version of chamber music…. It was joyous fun and sidesplittingly funny….several audience members were sure there were more than two actors performing until they were told otherwise at intermission.” You can read Jim’s whole review here – and you can also read the interview he did with us during our rehearsals here. OH and you can WATCH an interview with us – spliced together with some rehearsal footage! Here it is!

Alex Brown of Seven Days wrote “Scheer is equally adept at wordless clowning and mile-a-minute dialogue, and he turns his limber body into a comic instrument in itself.” She also used words like “lithe,” “acrobatic,” “graceful,” and “androgynous”! She ends the piece by saying “Love and Scheer connect so well onstage that they remind us of what only live, collaborative theater can do. As tightly rehearsed as this show is, the actors never telegraph a moment. Each exchange blooms up fresh before us, with all the hard work concealed and all the fun conveyed.” You can read her whole review here. You can read reviews from last year’s Cortland production on my reviews page. And NOW – the PICTURES

Make up test @ Cortland, 2012. Gothic!

Jane with Nicodemus. I am missing a leg.

Me as Pev Amri, the mummy princess. Ah those breasts.

Jane with Lady Enid. I feel so pretty.

The Hillcrests, with Enid played by a Scheer.

^ Christopher Scheer, professional transvestite

Christopher Scheer, professional transvestite --->

Make up test @ Lost Nation, 2013. Glam!

Jane with Nicodemus. I am getting groped. I've looked at love from both sides now...